The government official and engineer for whom Lake Mead is named would be "devastated" by water levels at the nation's largest reservoir dropping to historic lows, his great-granddaughter told NBC ...

If there were a single chart that could sum up the problem at Lake Mead, this might be a contender: OK, maybe not. Because a single chart should be self-explanatory. This one requires some background.

And in Lake Mead, just outside Las Vegas, the environmental crisis has led to the discovery of artifacts and even the remains of people who were lost to the waters long ago. Tina Bushman ...

What a difference a month makes. The March 24-month forecast, which predicts reservoir levels along the Colorado River for the next two years, had Lake Mead on a steady trajectory downward.